Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The journal Estudios bizantinos aims to be a communication
tool at the service of the community formed by scholars of the
Byzantine world. To this end, the contents published are offered to
readers in Open Access, under a Creative Commons license. Its creation
by the Sociedad Española de Bizantinística (Spanish Society of
Byzantine Studies) is seen as a means to achieve the overall objective
of promoting Byzantine Studies in Spanish-speaking countries.Estudios bizantinos is an international journal, published
annually, open to all those who wish to publicize their research on any
aspect of Byzantine civilization. Although the editors of the journal
are open to receive content in all languages​​, we feel that
publication in languages which are less common ​​in scientific circles
is detrimental to the assessments and reviews of the research presented
in the journal; we therefore encourage authors to submit their work in
English, French or Spanish.
Originals sent to the journal’s editorial office should deal with one or more of the following areas:

The impact of Byzantium and its relationship with neighbouring peoples.

Late Antiquity in both the Western and the Eastern Mediterranean
and, in particular, Byzantium’s contacts with the Iberian Peninsula and
Western Christianity.

Relationships with the Slavic, Latin and Islamic cultures.

The journal may devote part of each annual volume to a single theme, with its own introduction and accompanying materials.
Works presented for publication will be submitted to an evaluation
process which will decide as quickly as possible whether to accept or
reject it [see Publication policy].
We encourage readers of Estudios bizantinos to subscribe
to the journal in order to receive the latest news of publication.
They can also learn about other news relating to Byzantium on the web of
the Sociedad española de Bizantinística.

The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.

The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.

AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.